DUBLIN (Reuters) – Nine years after a devastating crash in property prices catapulted the party of Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to power, a housing market recovery too rapid for many threatens to dump it into opposition at this week’s general election. Th... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new home prices grew at their weakest pace in nearly two years in November while property investment also eased, with tightening policies continuing to cool the market even as some local easing is expected to prevent a sharp slowdow... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – New home prices in China grew at a steady pace in September, with fewer cities reporting price gains, a relief for policymakers who remain wary of high debt and bubble risk and are refraining from stimulating the sector as the economy cools... More »
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong private home prices fell for the third straight month in August, according to government data released on Monday, as increasingly violent street protests take a toll on the economy. Prices dropped 1.37%, steeper than July’s revi... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – New home prices in China rose at their fastest pace in five months in May, complicating government efforts to keep frothy housing markets under control as it rolls out more stimulus for the slowing economy. Average new home prices in China’... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British companies look set to cut investment by the most in 10 years in 2019 because of Brexit, even if Prime Minister Theresa May gets a deal to ease the country out of the bloc, an employers group said on Monday. Business investment was fo... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters – It took 52-year-old social worker Nancy Peterson a combination of five different grants and low interest loans to accumulate $80,000 for the downpayment she needed to become a first-time home buyer in Seattle last summer. Peterson’s modest i... More »
(Reuters) – A shutdown of about a quarter of the U.S. government reached its 18th day on Tuesday, with lawmakers and the White House divided over Republican President Donald Trump’s demand for money for a border wall ahead of his prime-time address to push the... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s property investment growth slowed in April while sales marked their biggest fall in six months as higher borrowing costs and increased curbs on buyers weighed on demand, backing views that a key driver of the economy is losing some ... More »
China aims to pursue "stable and healthy development" of the property market in 2018 with an increased focus on providing affordable housing and developing the rental market, Premier Li Keqiang said in a government work report released on Monday. More »
A “For Rent” sign is posted outside a residential home in Carlsbad, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake CHICAGO (Reuters) – (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) People trying to escape soaring rents... More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman passes a private condominium estate in Singapore February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s housing market is expected to build on its recovery over 2018, analysts say, as private home prices marked the... More »
China's October property sales and new construction starts fell in October as the property market cooled from a two-year boom in the face of a tighter liquidity environment and a crackdown on riskier lending. More »
With U.S. Congress members focused during their August recess on finding ways to lower the corporate tax rate, industry groups and other sectors of society are gearing up to fight proposed changes to the personal income tax. More »
China's real estate investment growth slowed in July, as official curbs continued to cool an overheated property market, reinforcing expectations of further slowing in second-half 2017. More »
Houses under construction are seen at a subdivision near the town of Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada May 13, 2017. Canada’s long housing boom has drawn thousands into the sector, from realtors and home stagers to construction workers, and a looming slowdown threate... More »
FILE PHOTO: Workers chat outside a construction site in Beijing’s central business district, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo China’s economy generally remained on solid footing in May, but tighter monetary policy, a cooling housing market and s... More »
A general view shows a residential area of Pudong district in Shanghai, China April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song China’s housing ministry has called on cities with large unsold housing inventories to reduce or suspend land supply for residential housing. More »
Two passengers aboard a ferry look at the Sydney Harbour Bridge as they approach Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia, March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Steven Saphore Australian households saw their wealth balloon to a record A$11.7 trillion ($8.97 trillion) last quarter... More »
A shopper passes a ”Sale” sign at Quincy Market in downtown in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder The U.S. economy is on track to grow at a 2.5 percent annualized pace in the first quarter following the latest data on home sales... More »
Residential buildings are seen in Beijing, China, January 10, 2017. Picture taken on January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee China’s property prices will remain stable in the first quarter, housing minister Chen Zhenggao said on Thursday, adding the government has... More »
An apartment building is seen on a hazy day in Hefei, Anhui province, March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo China’s home prices slowed further last month as a raft of curbs cooled a furious price rally, but a supply shortage in parts of the nation and si... More »
A labourer selects wooden planks as he works at a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province, China February 18, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo China’s boomtown of Shenzhen unexpectedly lost its top-performer spot in August’s home price race, bu... More »
A woman walks past an advertisement promoting an apartment complex which is currently under construction in Yongin, South Korea, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji In Yongin, a satellite city south of Seoul, orange construction cranes are racing to build gle... More »
BEIJING Home price rises in China slowed in June for a second straight month, adding to fears that a construction-led rebound in the economy may not be sustainable. The property market is a key driver of the world’s second-largest economy and a robust recovery... More »
LONDON Asking prices for British residential property slipped slightly more than usual after last month’s vote to leave the European Union, though the overall impact remains hard to judge, figures from property website Rightmove showed on Monday. Average price... More »
HONG KONG China’s home prices in March gained at the fastest pace in almost two years but that growth may slow as local authorities tighten home purchase requirements in the two top performing cities on fears of a bubble forming. The southern city of Shenzhen ... More »
NEW YORK Home prices are rising faster than wages in most of the United States, making homeownership increasingly difficult for average Americans in some of the most populous areas of the country, according to a report released on Thursday. The report found th... More »
BEIJING In the Chaoyang district of northeast Beijing, a nondescript wall covered in patriotic posters protects one of the city’s most valuable treasures: a dirt field containing nothing but a few scattered trees. Last month the block sold for 3.3 billion yuan... More »
BRUSSELS Greece and its euro zone creditors have reached a deal on many, but not all, issues in the program that Athens is implementing in return for loans, the head of euro zone finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Sunday. Greece needs the euro zone ... More »
